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ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine, California) Annual Financial Statements June 30, 2013 ---PAGE BREAK--- Table of Contents Page Independent Auditor’s Report 1-2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis 3-8 Basic Financial Statements: Government-Wide Financial Statements: Statement of Net Position 9 Statement of Activities 10 Fund Financial Statements: Balance Sheet – Governmental Funds 11 Reconciliation of the Governmental Funds Balance Sheet to the Government-Wide Statement of Net Position – Governmental Activities 12 Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances – Governmental Funds 13 Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance of the Governmental Funds to the Government-Wide Statement of Activities – Governmental Activities 14 Notes to Financial Statements 15-22 Required Supplementary Information: Budgetary Comparison Schedule – Planning Fund 23 Budgetary Comparison Schedule – Local Transportation Fund 24 Budgetary Comparison Schedule – State Transit Assistance Fund 25 Note to Required Supplementary Information 26 Supplementary Information: Overall Work Program – Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance – Budget and Actual by Funding Source – Planning Fund 27 Schedule of Allocations and Expenditures – Local Transportation Fund 28 Schedule of Allocations and Expenditures – State Transit Assistance fund 29 Other Reports: Independent Auditor’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards 30-31 Independent Auditor’s Report on Compliance Over Financial Reporting Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with the Statutes, Rules and Regulations of the California Transportation Development Act and the Allocation Instructions and Resolutions of the Local Transportation Commission 32 ---PAGE BREAK--- 1 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT Board of Supervisors County of Alpine Markleeville, California Report on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities and each major fund of the Alpine County Local Transportation Commission (the Commission), as of and for the year ended June 30, 2013, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the Commission’s basic financial statements as listed in the table of contents. Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Auditor’s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Commission’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Commission’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinions. Opinions In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities and each major fund of the Alpine County Local Transportation Commission, as of June 30, 2013, and the respective changes in financial position for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 Emphasis of Matter As described in Note 1 to the financial statements, effective July 1, 2012, the Commission adopted the provisions of Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 63, Financial Reporting of Deferred Outflows of Resources, Deferred Inflows of Resources, and Net Position, and GASB Statement No. 65, Items Previously Reported as Assets and Liabilities. GASB Statement No. 65 recognizes certain amounts that were previously reported as assets and liabilities as deferred outflows of resources or deferred inflow of resources on the statement of net position. Our opinion is not modified with respect to these matters. Other Matters Required Supplementary Information Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the management’s discussion and analysis and budgetary comparison information on pages 3-8 and 23-26 be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic, or historical context. We have applied certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for consistency with management’s responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit of the basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide any assurance. Supplementary Information Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that collectively comprise the Commission’s basic financial statements. The supplementary information, as listed in the table of contents, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements. The supplementary information, as listed in the table of contents, is the responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and certain additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements or to the basic financial statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the supplementary information is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements as a whole. Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated January 10, 2014, on our consideration of the Commission’s internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and other matters. The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the Commissions internal control over financial reporting and compliance. Clovis, California January 10, 2014 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Management’s Discussion and Analysis For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 3 As management of the Alpine County Local Transportation Commission (Commission), we offer readers of the Commission’s financial statements this narrative overview and analysis of the Commission’s financial activities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. We encourage readers to consider the information that we have furnished in the Commission’s financial statements, which immediately follows this section. Financial Highlights The assets of the Commission exceeded its liabilities at the close of the most recent fiscal year by $112,266 (net position). Of this amount, $116,558 is restricted, the use of which is limited to specific purposes, leaving a deficit unrestricted position of $4,291. The deficit balance is the result of program expenditures exceeding available funding sources. As of June 30, 2013, the Commission’s governmental funds reported combined fund balances of $100,211, an increase of $28,911 in comparison with the prior year. Amounts available for spending include $116,558 restricted by the Transportation Development Act and a deficit of $16,347 arising from the activities of the Commission’s planning (general) fund. The deficit balance results mostly from grant revenues that reimburse expenditures included in this report but not received until after the sixty day period of availability used as criteria for recognizing grant revenues. The Commission’s activities are guided by the Overall Work Program (OWP) used to apply for State Rural Planning Assistance Funds (RPA) and other available financial resources, all directed toward the continuous update and improvement of Regional Transportation Plans in the County. In fiscal year 2012-13, the Commission incurred program expenditures of $153,626, a decrease of $20,943, or 12% from last year’s programmed expenditures. Program activities were funded with grant revenues of $119,806 recognized this fiscal year and grant revenues of $12,055 to be recognized next fiscal year (because they were received after the sixty day period of availability). Overview of the Financial Statements This discussion and analysis is intended to serve as an introduction to the Commission’s basic financial statements. The Commission’s basic financial statements comprise three components: 1) government- wide financial statements, 2) fund financial statements, and 3) notes to the basic financial statements. This report also contains other required supplementary information in addition to the basic financial statements themselves. The government-wide financial statements are designed to provide readers with a broad overview of the Commission’s finances, in a manner similar to a private-sector business. These statements provide both long-term and short-term information about the Commission’s overall financial status. The Statement of Net Position presents information on all of the Commission’s assets, liabilities and deferred inflows/outflows of resources, with the difference reported as net position. Over time, increases or decreases in net position may serve as a useful indicator about whether the financial position of the Commission is improving or deteriorating. ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Management’s Discussion and Analysis For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 4 The Statement of Activities presents information showing how the Commission’s net position changed during the most recent fiscal year. All changes in net position are reported as soon as the underlying event giving rise to the change occurs, regardless of the timing of related cash flow. Thus revenues and expenses are reported in this statement for some items that will result in cash flows in future fiscal periods. The government-wide financial statements report the program activities of the Commission that are principally supported by sales taxes and intergovernmental revenues which together are reported as governmental activities. The governmental activities of the Commission included only one function, public ways and facilities. A fund is a grouping of related accounts that is used to maintain control over resources that have been segregated for specific activities or objectives. The Commission, like other state and local governments, uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance-related legal requirements. All of the funds of the Commission are classified as governmental funds. The Commission did not have any proprietary funds or fiduciary funds. Governmental funds are used to account for essentially the same function(s) reported as governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. However, unlike the government-wide financial statements, governmental fund financial statements focus on how cash and other financial assets can readily be converted to available resources and the balances left at year-end that are available for spending. Such information may be useful in determining what financial resources are available in the near future to finance the Commission’s program activities. Because the focus of governmental funds is narrower than that of the government-wide financial statements, it is useful to compare the information presented for governmental funds with similar information presented for governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. By doing so, readers may better understand the long-term impact of the government’s near-term financing decisions. Both the governmental funds balance sheet and the governmental funds statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances provide a reconciliation to facilitate this comparison between governmental funds and governmental activities. The Commission maintains three individual governmental funds presented separately in the governmental funds balance sheet and in the governmental funds statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances. These funds are the Planning fund, the Local Transportation fund and the State Transit Assistance fund, all of which are considered to be major funds. The Commission did not have any nonmajor funds. The notes to the financial statements provide additional information that is essential to a full understanding of the data provided in the government-wide and fund financial statements. In addition to the basic financial statements and accompanying notes, this report also presents certain required supplementary information that includes budgetary comparison schedules. The Commission adopts an annual appropriated budget for all its funds. A budgetary comparison has been provided for these funds to ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Management’s Discussion and Analysis For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 5 demonstrate compliance with this budget. Immediately following the required supplementary information is certain supplementary information included to satisfy certain compliance requirements. Government-Wide Financial Analysis The following table compares the Statement of Net Position at June 30, 2013 and 2012: 2013 2012 Change Assets: Cash and investments 80,469 $ 83,212 $ (2,743) $ Receivables 58,881 67,088 (8,207) Total assets 139,350 150,300 (10,950) Liabilities: Accounts payable 27,084 28,255 (1,171) Total liabilities 27,084 28,255 (1,171) Net Position: Restricted net position 116,558 107,704 8,854 Unrestricted net position (4,292) 14,341 (18,633) Total net position 112,266 $ 122,045 $ (9,779) $ Governmental Activities As noted earlier, net position may serve over time as a useful indicator of whether the Commission’s financial position is improving or deteriorating. Other factors, such as market conditions, should be considered in measuring the Commission’s overall financial position. During the current fiscal year, the Commission implemented GASB Statement No. 63, Financial Reporting of Deferred Outflows of Resources, Deferred Inflows of Resources and Net Position, that changed the current year’s presentation by requiring the reporting of deferred outlows and inflows of resources separate and apart from assets and liabilities and redefining former net assets as net position. Certain reclassifications were made to the prior year’s financial statements to conform to the current year’s presentation. At June 30, 2013, assets and deferred outflows of resources exceeded liabilities and deferred inflows of resources by $112,266, a decrease of $9,779, or 8.01% from the prior year. The Commission’s net position reported $116,558 as restricted because it represents resources subject to external restrictions on how they may be used. These balances include the Commission’s Local Transportation Fund and the State Transit Assistance Fund. During the fiscal year, restricted net position increased $8,854, or 8.2%. The remainder of the Commission’s net position is unrestricted with a deficit balance of $4,292. Unrestricted net position which decreased $18,633 is solely from the Commission’s planning fund and results from project expenditures exceeding available funding sources. ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Management’s Discussion and Analysis For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 6 The Commission’s total net position decreased $9,779 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. Of this amount, $4,300 was an increase to report prior year revenues which offset a deficit of $14,079, the result of current year expenses exceeding current year revenues. When compared to the prior year, revenues decreased $37,488, or 14.3%, and Commission expenses decreased $10,943, or 4.4%. The following table shows the changes in net position for governmental activities: 2013 2012 Change Revenues: Program revenues: Operating grants and contributions 141,404 $ 187,243 $ (45,839) $ General revenues: Sales taxes 82,938 74,477 8,461 Interest earned 205 315 (110) Total revenues 224,547 262,035 (37,488) Expenses: Public ways and facilities 238,626 249,569 (10,943) Change in net position (14,079) 12,466 (26,545) Net position at beginning of year, restated 126,345 109,579 16,766 Net position at end of the year 112,266 $ 122,045 $ (9,779) $ Governmental Activities The Commission’s total program and general revenues were $224,547, while the total cost of all programs was $238,626. Approximately 59% of the cost of the Commission’s programs were paid by grants with the remainder mostly financed with sales taxes. Governmental Funds As noted earlier, the Commission uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance-related legal requirements. The focus of the Commission’s governmental funds is to provide information on near-term inflows, outflows, and balances of spendable resources. Such information is useful in assessing the Commission’s financing requirements. At June 30, 2013, the Commission’s governmental funds reported combined ending fund balances of $100,211, an increase of $28,911 in comparison with the prior year. The components of fund balance are as follows and are available for appropriation at any time: Restricted for Transportation Development Act activities, $116,558: consists of balances in the Local Transportation Fund and State Transit Assistance Fund. Expenditures are allocated and made in accordance with Transportation Development Act (TDA) regulations. Unassigned fund balance, $(16,347): This is the balance in the Commission’s planning fund at the end of the fiscal year. Fund balance is negative because grant revenues reimbursing current year expenditures were received after the period of availability and could not be accrued. ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Management’s Discussion and Analysis For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 7 Key elements for the changes in fund balances are as follows: Rural planning assistance revenues increased from $71,082 to $145,708 mostly because last year’s fourth quarter reimbursement of $53,902 was received after the period of availability. State Transportation Improvement Program funds decreased from $56,000 to $18,000 because last year’s revenue included a prior year allocation of $39,000. The Planning fund’s LTF allocation this year was $20,000 less than the prior year. Each year’s allocation is based on the nature of programmed activities and the availability of other funding sources. Sales tax revenues increased from $74,477 last year to $82,938 this year. The increase is the result of continued economic recovery in the region. Planning expenditures are the result of programmed activities which vary from year to year. This year’s programmed activities compared to last year’s activities are as follows: Work Element FY 2013 FY 2012 Change TDA Administration 17,426 $ 16,494 $ 932 $ Planning/Program Administration 16,785 11,042 5,743 Planning & Interagency Coordination 18,624 22,149 (3,525) STIP Project Monitoring 16,637 34,079 (17,442) Pavement Management System Update 7,132 30,599 (23,467) Improve Subdivision Road Standards 20,113 17,195 2,918 Goods Movement 357 - 357 GIS Update 36,580 24,916 11,664 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan 19,972 16,466 3,506 Other Activities - 1,629 (1,629) 153,626 $ 174,569 $ (20,943) $ Budgetary Highlights In June 2012, the Commission adopted the fiscal year 2012-13 Overall Work Program and Budget (OWP) with an operating budget of $144,000. No revisions were made to the Commission’s OWP during the year. Actual revenues were $29,683 more than budgeted because of modified accrual adjustments affecting unavailable grant revenues. The budget anticipated receiving the fourth quarter RPA reimbursement within the period of availability. Actual expenditures were $9,626 more than budgeted because of unanticipated expenditures. The budget anticipated these expenditures would be incurred in the following fiscal year. ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Management’s Discussion and Analysis For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 8 Request for Information This financial report is designed to provide a general overview of the Commission’s finances for all those with an interest in the government’s finances. Questions concerning any of the information provided in this report or requests for additional financial information should be addressed to the Alpine County Auditor’s Office at P.O. Box 266, Markleeville, California 96120. ---PAGE BREAK--- GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Statement of Net Position June 30, 2013 Governmental Activities ASSETS Cash and investments 80,469 $ Taxes receivable 15,700 Due from other governmental agencies 43,124 Interest receivable 57 Total Assets 139,350 LIABILITIES Accounts payable 27,084 Total Liabilities 27,084 NET POSITION Restricted for Transportation Development Act activities 116,558 Unrestricted (4,292) Total Net Position 112,266 $ The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 9 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Statement of Activities For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 Net (Expenses) Revenues and Program Changes in Net Revenues Position Operating Governmental Expenses Grants Activities Functions / Programs Governmental Activities: Public ways and facilities 238,626 $ 141,404 $ (97,222) $ Total Primary Government 238,626 $ 141,404 $ (97,222) General Revenues: Taxes - Sales taxes 82,938 Interest earned 205 Total General Revenues 83,143 Change in Net Position (14,079) Net Position, Beginning of Year, Restated 126,345 Net Position, End of Year 112,266 $ The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 10 ---PAGE BREAK--- FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Balance Sheet - Governmental Funds June 30, 2013 Local State Planning Transportation Transit Fund Fund Assistance Totals ASSETS Cash and investments - $ 69,028 $ 11,441 $ 80,469 $ Interest receivable 57 8 57 Taxes receivable - 15,700 - 15,700 Due from other governmental agencies 41,345 - 1,779 43,124 Due from other funds 2,800 21,345 - 24,145 Total Assets 44,137 $ 106,130 $ 13,228 $ 163,495 $ LIABILITIES Accounts payable 27,084 $ - $ - $ 27,084 $ Due to other funds 21,345 2,800 - 24,145 Total Liabilities 48,429 2,800 - 51,229 DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES Unavailable revenues - intergovernmental revenues 12,055 - - 12,055 FUND BALANCES Restricted for Transportation Development Act activities - 103,330 13,228 116,558 Unassigned (16,347) - - (16,347) Total Fund Balances (16,347) 103,330 13,228 100,211 Total Liabilities, Deferred Inflows of Resources and Fund Balances 44,137 $ 106,130 $ 13,228 $ 163,495 $ The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 11 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Reconciliation of the Governmental Funds Balance Sheet to the Government-Wide Statement of Net Position - Governmental Activities June 30, 2013 Fund Balance - Total Governmental Funds 100,211 $ Amounts reported for governmental activities in the statement of net position are different because: Other long-term assets are not available to pay for current-period expenditures and, therefore, are not recognized in the governmental funds. 12,055 Net Position of Governmental Activities 112,266 $ The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 12 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances Governmental Funds For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 Local State Planning Transportation Transit Fund Fund Assistance Totals REVENUES Sales and use tax - $ 82,938 $ - $ 82,938 $ Intergovernmental 173,708 - 6,386 180,094 Interest (25) 199 31 205 Total Revenues 173,683 83,137 6,417 263,237 EXPENDITURES Allocations - 55,000 30,000 85,000 Planning and administrative 153,626 - - 153,626 Total Expenditures 153,626 55,000 30,000 238,626 CHANGE IN FUND BALANCES 20,057 28,137 (23,583) 24,611 Fund Balance, Beginning of Year, Restated (36,404) 75,193 36,811 75,600 Fund Balance, End of Year (16,347) $ 103,330 $ 13,228 $ 100,211 $ The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 13 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance of the Governmental Funds to the Government-Wide Statement of Activities - Governmental Activities For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 Net Change to Fund Balance - Total Governmental Funds 24,611 $ Amounts reported for governmental activities in the statement of activities are difference because: Unavailable revenues are reported as deferred inflows of revenues in the governmental funds, but are recognized as revenues in the statement of activities. This is the net of the prior year unavailable revenues with the current year balance. (38,690) Change in Net Position of Governmental Activities (14,079) $ The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 14 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Notes to Financial Statements For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 15 Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies The financial statements of the Alpine County Local Transportation Commission (Commission) are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). The Commission’s reporting entity applies all relevant Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements. A. Reporting Entity The Commission receives monies from the State of California and allocates those monies for the planning, management, and operation of public transportation systems within the County of Alpine (County). The Commission also has the authority to allocate monies for other transportation related activities including streets and roads projects. The Commission is governed by the County Board of Supervisors serving in a separate capacity as the governing board of the Commission. As such, the Commission is an integral part of the County and, accordingly, the accompanying financial statements are included as a component unit of the basic financial statements of the County. B. Basis of Presentation Government-wide Statements – The statement of net position and the statement of activities report information on all of the governmental activities of the Commission. These statements include the financial activities of the overall government except for fiduciary activities. Eliminations have been made to minimize the double counting of internal activities. These statements distinguish between governmental and business-type activities of the Commission. Governmental activities, which are supported by taxes and intergovernmental revenues, are reported separately from business-type activities, which rely to an extent on charges and fees from the public for support. The Commission had no business-type activities to report for the year ended June 30, 2013. The statement of activities demonstrates the degree to which the program expenses of a given governmental function are offset by program revenues. Program expenses include direct expenses which are clearly identifiable with a specific function and allocated indirect expenses. Interfund charges, which equal or approximate the external exchange value of services provided, are reported as program revenues. Interfund reimbursements, repayments from the funds responsible for particular expenses to the funds that initially paid for them, are treated as adjustments to expenses. Program revenues include charges paid by recipients of goods or services offered by the programs and grants and contributions that are restricted to meeting the operational or capital requirements of a particular program. Taxes and other items, which are properly not included among program revenues, are reported instead as general revenues. Fund Financial Statements – The fund financial statements provide information about the Commission’s funds. The emphasis of fund financial statements is on major governmental funds, each ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Notes to Financial Statements For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 16 displayed in a separate column. Any remaining governmental funds are aggregated and reported as nonmajor funds. The Commission reports the following major governmental funds: Planning Fund – The planning fund acts as the general fund for the Commission and all planning and administrative activities are accounted for in this fund. Local Transportation Fund – This fund accounts for revenues received and allocations made for certain transit and streets & roads projects within the County. Revenues are generated from a ¼ cent sales tax imposed by the State of California pursuant to the Transportation Development Act (TDA). Sales tax revenues are collected by businesses within Alpine County and are remitted to the State Board of Equalization (SBE). The SBE, after deducting an administrative fee, remits the revenues to the County on a basis. Expenditures of these monies must be made in accordance with TDA regulations. State Transit Assistance Fund – Revenues for this fund are earned based on a portion of the State gasoline tax. The tax is allocated to the County by the State Controller’s Office based on demographic factors. The Commission did not have any nonmajor governmental funds at June 30, 2013. C. Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting The accounting and financial reporting treatment is determined by the applicable measurement focus and basis of accounting. Measurement focus indicates the type of resources being measured, and the basis of accounting indicates the timing of transactions or events for recognition in the financial statements. The government-wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement focus and the accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when a liability is incurred, regardless of when the related cash flows take place. Governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources measurement focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recognized as soon as they are both measurable and available. “Measurable” means the amount of the transaction can be determined and “available” means collectible within the current period or soon enough thereafter to be used to pay liabilities of the current period. For this purpose, the Commission considers revenues to be available if they are collected within two months (i.e. July and August) after the end of the current fiscal period. Expenditures generally are recorded when liabilities are incurred, as under the accrual basis of accounting. Those revenues susceptible to accrual are sales taxes, intergovernmental revenues (grants), and interest revenues. Nonexchange transactions in which the Commission gives (or receives) value without directly receiving (or giving) equal value in exchange include sales taxes, grants, entitlements and donations. On the accrual basis, revenues from sales taxes are recognized when the underlying ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Notes to Financial Statements For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 17 transactions take place. Revenues from grants, entitlements and donations are recognized in the fiscal year in which all eligibility requirements have been satisfied. Nonexchange transactions are recognized under the modified accrual basis of accounting using the same criteria except that nonexchange revenues are deferred to the subsequent period when the “available” criteria has not been met. A fund reports unavailable revenue on its balance sheet. Unavailable revenues arise when potential revenue does not meet the “available” criteria for recognition in the current period. Revenues also may be reported as unearned when resources are received by the fund before it has a legal claim to them, as when grant monies are received prior to the incurrence of qualifying expenditures. In subsequent periods, when both revenue recognition criteria are met, or when the fund has a legal claim to the resources, the unavailable and/or unearned revenue is removed from the balance sheet and revenue is recognized. D. Allocations The Commission allocates anticipated Local Transportation Fund and State Transit Assistance Fund revenues to various claimants on an annual basis. Local Transportation Fund allocations for one year may be carried over to another year at the discretion of the Transportation Commission, while State Transit Assistance Fund allocations are valid for a two-year period. E. Cash and Investments Cash is deposited with the County in an investment pool in order to facilitate the management of cash. Each fund’s portion of this pool is displayed on the balance sheet as “cash and investments.” On a quarterly basis, the County Treasurer allocates interest to the various funds based upon the average cash balances. Information regarding categorization of investments, risk and fair value reporting can be found in the County’s financial statements. The Alpine County Treasury Oversight Committee oversees the Treasurer’s investment policies and practices. The Commission adheres to the County’s deposit and investment policy that addresses specific types of risk. Required risk disclosures for the County’s investment in the County’s Investment Pool at June 30, 2013, were as follows: Credit risk Not rated Custodial risk Not applicable Concentration of credit risk Not applicable Interest rate risk (average maturity) 135 days ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Notes to Financial Statements For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 18 Investments held in the County’s investment pool are available on demand and are stated at cost plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. F. Receivables These amounts represent revenues owed from other local governments but not collected by the end of the fiscal year and consist mostly of grants and sales tax revenues. Management has determined the Commission’s receivables to be fully collectible. Accordingly, no allowance for doubtful accounts has been made. G. Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources In addition to assets, the statement of financial position will sometimes report a separate section for deferred outflows of resources. This separate financial statement element represents a consumption of net position that applies to a future period(s) and so will not be recognized as an outflow of resources (expense/expenditure) until then. As of June 30, 2013, the Commission had no deferred outflows of resources. In addition to liabilities, the statement of financial position will sometimes report a separate section for deferred inflows of resources. This separate financial statement element represents an acquisition of net position that applies to a future period(s) and so will not be recognized as an inflow of resources (revenue) until that time. The Commission had deferred inflows of resources consisting of unavailable revenues reported under the modified accrual basis of accounting in the governmental funds balance sheet. The governmental funds report unavailable revenues from intergovernmental sources as appropriate. The amounts are deferred and recognized as revenues in the period the amounts become available. H. Interfund Transactions Interfund transactions are reported as loans, services provided, reimbursements or transfers. Loans reported as receivables and payables as appropriate, are subject to elimination upon consolidation and are referred to as either “due to/from other funds” the current portion of interfund loans) or “advances to/from other funds” the noncurrent portion of interfund loans). Services provided, deemed to be at market or near market rates, are treated as revenues and expenditures. Reimbursements are when one fund incurs a cost, charges the appropriate benefiting fund and reduces its related cost as a reimbursement. All other interfund transactions are treated as transfers. Transfers are netted as part of the reconciliation to the government –wide presentation. I. Capital Assets Capital assets are recorded at historical cost or estimated historical cost if actual cost is not available. Contributed capital assets are valued at their estimated fair market value on the date contributed. The Commission defines capital assets as assets with an initial, individual cost of more than $5,000 and an ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Notes to Financial Statements For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 19 estimated useful life in excess of one year. Capital assets used in operations are depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. The estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows: Equipment 3-10 Years J. Net Position Sometimes the Commission will fund outlays for a particular purpose from both restricted and unrestricted resources. To determine the amounts to report as restricted net position and unrestricted net position in the government-wide financial statements, a flow assumption must be made about the order in which the resources are considered to be applied. The Commission considers restricted net position to have been depleted before unrestricted net position is applied. K. Fund Balance Policies In governmental funds, the following classifications describe the relative strength of the spending constraints placed on the purposes for which resources can be used: Nonspendable fund balance – amounts that cannot be spent because they are either not spendable in form or legally or contractually required to remain intact. Restricted fund balance - amounts with constraints placed on their use by those external to the Commission, including creditors, grantors, contributors or laws and regulations of other governments. It also includes constraints imposed by law through constitutional provisions or enabling legislation. Committed fund balance – amounts that can only be used for specific purposes determined by formal action of the Commission’s highest level of decision-making authority (the Commission’s Board) and that remain binding unless removed in the same manner. The underlying action that imposed the limitation needs to occur no later than the close of the reporting period. Assigned fund balance – amounts that are constrained by the Commission’s intent to be used for specific purposes. The intent can be established at either the highest level of decision making or by a body or an official designed for that purpose. Unassigned fund balance – the residual classification that includes amounts not contained in the other classifications. The Commission’s board establishes, modifies or rescinds fund balance commitments and assignments by passage of a resolution. When restricted and unrestricted resources are available for use, it is the Commission’s policy to use restricted resources first, followed by unrestricted committed, assigned and unassigned resources as they are needed. ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Notes to Financial Statements For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 20 L. Use of Estimates The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. M. Implementation of Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statements GASB Statement No. 61 – The Financial Reporting Entity: Omnibus. In November 2010, GASB issued this Statement to modify existing requirements for the assessment of potential component units (as stated in GASB Statement No. 14 – The Financial Reporting Entity and Statement No. 34 – Basic Financial Statements – and Management’s Discussion and analysis – for State and Local Governments) in determining what should be included in the financial reporting entity and financial reporting disclosure requirements. Using the new guidance, the Commission determined that GASB Statement No. 61 has no impact on this year’s financial statements because no entity met the criteria for inclusion, blended or discrete presentation. GASB Statement No. 62 – Codification of Accounting and Financial Reporting Guidance Contained in Pre-November 30, 1989 FASB and AICPA Pronouncements. This Statement incorporates into the GASB’s authoritative literature certain accounting and financial reporting guidance that is included in Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statements and Interpretations, Accounting Principles Board Opinions, and Accounting Research Bulletins of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Committee on Accounting Procedures which does not conflict with or contradict other GASB pronouncements. The Commission incorporated this Statement in these financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. The implementation of this Statement did not have a significant impact on the Commission’s financial statements. GASB Statement No. 63 – The Financial Reporting of Deferred Outflows of Resources, Deferred Inflows of Resources, and Net Position. In June 2011, GASB released this Statement to provide financial reporting guidance for two new financial statement elements introduced in Concepts Statement No. 4, Elements of Financial Statements – deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources. Deferred outflows of resources are defined as a consumption of net position that is applicable to a future reporting period. Deferred inflows of resources are defined as an acquisition of net position that is applicable to a future reporting period. Concepts Statement No. 4 also identifies net position as the residual of all other elements presented in a statement of financial position. Accordingly, the Statement also amends the net asset reporting requirements in GASB Statement No. 34 by incorporating deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources into the residual measure as net position, rather than net assets. As of July 1, 2012, the Commission adopted the provisions of this Statement, which did not have a significant impact on the Commission’s financial statements. ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Notes to Financial Statements For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 21 Note 2: Interfund Transactions Interfund balances were for goods and services provided and short-term loans to cover cash deficits. These balances are expected to be repaid in the next fiscal year. Interfund balances at June 30, 2013, consisted of the following: Receivable Fund Payable Fund Amount Planning fund Local Transportation fund 2,800 $ Local Transportation fund Planning fund 21,345 24,145 $ Note 3: Capital Assets A summary of changes in capital assets during the year ended June 30, 2013, is as follows: Balance Balance July 1, 2012 Additions Retirements June 30, 2013 Vehicle and equipment 8,819 $ - $ - $ 8,819 $ Accumulated depreciation (8,819) - - (8,819) - $ - $ - $ - $ Note 4: Deficit Fund Balance Deficit fund balance as of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, was as follows: Planning fund $ 16,347 The deficit occurred because grant revenues reimbursing current year expenditures were received after the period of availability and could not be accrued to this fiscal year. The deficit will be eliminated in following fiscal years when grant revenues are received. Note 5: Related Party Transactions The Commission has an agreement with the County to manage its operations. The County also provides engineering and construction services to the Commission upon request. Total costs of services provided to the Commission for the year ended June 30, 2013 was $20,363. ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Notes to Financial Statements For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 22 Note 6: Insurance and Risk of Loss The Commission is exposed to various risks of loss related to torts; theft of, damage to, and destruction of assets; errors and omissions; injuries to employees; and natural disasters. The Commission is insured against these types of losses through participation in the County’s public entity risk pool. Note 7: Contingencies The Commission receives grants from various State and Federal Agencies for specific purposes that are subject to review and audit by the grantor agencies. Although such audits could generate expenditure disallowances under the terms of the grants, it is believed that any required reimbursements will not be material and if material, not estimable at this time. Therefore, no liability of this nature has been included in these financial statements. Note 8: Restatement of Net Position/Fund Balance Adjustments resulting from errors or a change to comply with provisions of the accounting standards are treated as adjustments to prior periods. Accordingly, the Commission reports these as restatements of beginning net position and/or fund balance. During the current year, one adjustment was required to correctly report prior year revenue. The impact of the restatement on the net position / fund balances of the Commission is as follows: Local Governmental Transportation Activities Fund Net Position / Fund Balance, June 30, 2012, as previously reported 122,045 $ 70,893 $ Adjustments: Prior year revenue 4,300 4,300 $ Net Position / Fund Balance, July 1, 2012, as restated 126,345 $ 75,193 $ Note 9: Excess Appropriations Budgetary expenditures were in excess of budgeted appropriations in the fund listed below because unanticipated expenditures exceeded the amount budgeted. The budget anticipated these expenditures would be incurred in the following fiscal year. Planning fund $ 9,626 ---PAGE BREAK--- REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Budgetary Comparison Schedule Planning Fund For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 Budgeted Amounts Actual Variance with Original Final Amounts Final Budget BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE, JULY 1 (36,404) $ (36,404) $ (36,404) $ - $ RESOURCES (inflows): Intergovernmental 144,000 144,000 173,708 29,708 Use of money and property - - (25) (25) Amounts Available for Appropriation 107,596 107,596 137,279 29,683 CHARGES TO APPROPRIATIONS (outflows) Planning and administration 144,000 144,000 153,626 (9,626) Total Charges to Appropriations 144,000 144,000 153,626 (9,626) BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE, JUNE 30 (36,404) $ (36,404) $ (16,347) $ 20,057 $ Reconciliation of Budgetary Inflows and Outflows to GAAP Revenues and Expenditures Sources / inflows of resources: Actual amounts available for appropriation from the budgetary comparison schedule 137,279 $ Differences - budget to GAAP: The fund balance at the beginning of the year is a budgetary resource but is not current-year revenue for financial reporting purposes 36,404 Total revenues as reported on the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes 173,683 $ in fund balances - governmental funds 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Budgetary Comparison Schedule Local Transportation Fund For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 Budgeted Amounts Actual Variance with Original Final Amounts Final Budget BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE, JULY 1 75,193 $ 75,193 $ 75,193 $ - $ RESOURCES (inflows): Sales and use tax 55,000 55,000 82,938 27,938 Use of money and property 500 500 199 (301) Amounts Available for Appropriation 130,693 130,693 158,330 27,637 CHARGES TO APPROPRIATIONS (outflows) Allocations 55,000 55,000 55,000 - Total Charges to Appropriations 55,000 55,000 55,000 - BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE, JUNE 30 75,693 $ 75,693 $ 103,330 $ 27,637 $ Reconciliation of Budgetary Inflows and Outflows to GAAP Revenues and Expenditures Sources / inflows of resources: Actual amounts available for appropriation from the budgetary comparison schedule 158,330 $ Differences - budget to GAAP: The fund balance at the beginning of the year is a budgetary resource but is not current-year revenue for financial reporting purposes (75,193) Total revenues as reported on the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes 83,137 $ in fund balances - governmental funds 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Budgetary Comparison Schedule State Transit Assistance Fund For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 Budgeted Amounts Actual Variance with Original Final Amounts Final Budget BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE, JULY 1 36,811 $ 36,811 $ 36,811 $ - $ RESOURCES (inflows): Intergovernmental 6,681 6,681 6,386 (295) Use of money and property 190 190 31 (159) Amounts Available for Appropriation 43,682 43,682 43,228 (454) CHARGES TO APPROPRIATIONS (outflows) Allocations 30,000 30,000 30,000 - Total Charges to Appropriations 30,000 30,000 30,000 - BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE, JUNE 30 13,682 $ 13,682 $ 13,228 $ (454) $ Reconciliation of Budgetary Inflows and Outflows to GAAP Revenues and Expenditures Sources / inflows of resources: Actual amounts available for appropriation from the budgetary comparison schedule 43,228 $ Differences - budget to GAAP: The fund balance at the beginning of the year is a budgetary resource but is not current-year revenue for financial reporting purposes (36,811) Total revenues as reported on the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes 6,417 $ in fund balances - governmental funds 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Note to Required Supplementary Information For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 26 Note 1: Budgetary Accounting The Commission annually adopts a budget through the preparation of an overall work program. This work program describes the projects, or work elements, that are to be funded, and the type of funds that will pay for the expenditures, such as Rural Planning Assistance, Local Transportation, or State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP PPM). The work project, in draft form, is prepared by Commission staff, submitted and approved by the Commission, and submitted to the State of California, Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) before June 30th. CALTRANS, as the grantor of Rural Planning Assistance, State Subvention and STIP funds, approves the work program, which then becomes the budget of the operating fund of the Commission. From the effective date of the budget, which is adopted and controlled at the departmental level, the expenditures as proposed become appropriations. The legal level of control is the fund level. The Commission may amend the budget by resolution during the fiscal year. Appropriations lapse at the end of the year. Budgets are adopted on a budgetary basis which is materially the same as those used to present financial statements in conformity with GAAP, except that transfers in are regarded as inflows of resources for budgetary purposes and not revenues for GAAP financial statement presentation and transfers out are considered outflows of resources for budgetary purposes but not expenditures for GAAP financial statement presentation. ---PAGE BREAK--- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Overall Work Program Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - by Work Element Planning Fund - Budget and Actual (on a Budgetary Basis) For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 Actual Regional State Planning Transportation Budget Assistance Improvement Other REVENUES Rural planning assistance 116,000 $ 145,708 $ - $ - $ STIP PPM 18,000 - 18,000 - Local Transportation Fund 10,000 - - 10,000 Interest - - - (25) Total Revenues 144,000 145,708 18,000 9,975 EXPENDITURES 11/12-1 TDA Administration 10,000 - - 17,426 11/12-2 Planning/Program Administration 17,000 16,613 - 172 11/12-3 Planning & Interagency Coordination 20,000 18,145 - 479 11/12-4 STIP Project Monitoring 18,000 - 16,637 - 11/12-5 Pavement Mgmt System Update 5,000 5,000 - 2,132 11/12-6 Improve Subdivision Road Standards 31,000 20,108 - 5 11/12-7 Goods Movement 3,000 357 - - 11/12-8 GIS Update 30,000 30,000 - 6,580 11/12-9 Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning 10,000 10,000 - 9,972 Total Expenditures 144,000 100,223 16,637 36,766 CHANGE IN FUND BALANCES - $ 45,485 1,363 (26,791) Fund Balance, Beginning of Year (53,902) - 17,498 Fund Balance, End of Year (8,417) $ 1,363 $ (9,293) $ ---PAGE BREAK--- Variance Totals with Budget 145,708 $ 29,708 $ 18,000 - 10,000 - (25) (25) 173,683 29,683 17,426 (7,426) 16,785 215 18,624 1,376 16,637 1,363 7,132 (2,132) 20,113 10,887 357 2,643 36,580 (6,580) 19,972 (9,972) 153,626 (9,626) 20,057 39,309 $ (36,404) (16,347) $ 27 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Schedule of Allocations and Expenditures Local Transportation Fund For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 Allocations Allocations Outstanding Outstanding Allocations PUC June 30, 2012 Allocated Expended Adjustments June 30, 2013 Alpine County Local Transportation Commission 99233.1 & 99233.2 - $ 10,000 $ 10,000 $ - $ - $ Alpine County Transit 99260(a) - 45,000 45,000 - - - $ 55,000 $ 55,000 $ - $ - $ 28 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALPINE COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (A Component Unit of the County of Alpine) Schedule of Allocations and Expenditures State Transit Assistance For the Year Ended June 30, 2013 Allocations Allocations Outstanding Outstanding Allocations PUC June 30, 2012 Allocated Expended Adjustments June 30, 2013 Alpine County Transit 6730(b) - $ 30,000 $ 30,000 $ - $ - $ - $ 30,000 $ 30,000 $ - $ - $ 29 ---PAGE BREAK--- OTHER REPORTS ---PAGE BREAK--- 30 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS To the Board of Supervisors County of Alpine Markleeville, California We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of the governmental activities and each major fund of the Alpine County Local Transportation Commission (the Commission), as of and for the year ended June 30, 2013, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the Commission’s basic financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated January 10, 2014. Internal Control Over Financial Reporting In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered the Commission’s internal control over financial reporting (internal control) to determine the audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Commission’s internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Commission’s internal control. A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct, misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Commission’s financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance. Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been identified. ---PAGE BREAK--- 31 Compliance and Other Matters As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the Commission’s financial statements are free from material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts. However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards. Purpose of this Report The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the Commission’s internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the Commission’s internal control and compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose. Clovis, California January 10, 2014 ---PAGE BREAK--- 32 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT ON COMPLIANCE OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTES, RULES, AND REGULATIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT AND THE ALLOCATION INSTRUCTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Board of Supervisors Alpine County Local Transportation Commission Markleeville, California We have audited the basic financial statements of the Alpine County Local Transportation Commission (the Commission) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2013, and have issued our report thereon dated January 10, 2014. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the Commission’s basic financial statements are free of material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grants, noncompliance with which could have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts. Additionally, we performed tests to determine that allocations made and expenditures paid by the Commission were made in accordance with the allocation instructions and resolutions of the Commission and in conformance with the California Transportation Development Act. Specifically, we performed each of the specific tasks identified in the California Code of Regulations Sections 6666 and 6667 that are applicable to the Commission. In connection with our audit, nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe the Commission failed to comply with the Statues, Rules, and Regulations of the California Transportation Development Act and the allocation instructions and resolutions of the Local Transportation Commission. However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit and, accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. This report is intended solely for the information and use of the County of Alpine, the Alpine County Local Transportation Commission, management, the California Department of Transportation, and the State Controller’s Office and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. Clovis, California January 10, 2014